Read all about the 100 Year War, peasant revolts in Italy, Robin Hood and his Merry Men, the Samurai and everyone else who made the Medieval Times as colourful as they were - and still are in figure form!
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Apr 12
2010
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'GIVJOY' TOYS - large fort
Made by A J Holladay & Co at 32-33 Aldermanbury, London, E.C., England. c:1935.
Mr A J Holladay is best known for production of his 'Skybird' range, which was a complete representation of the Royal Air Force in all its aspects
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Mar 22
2010
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A toy fort of this design (but a different paint colour scheme) was first made by Elf Crafts, in Stourport-on-Severn, England, in the 1950s. It is almost certain that this version is from the early 1960s.
It was designed, as were all of
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Mar 15
2010
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Made by Lines Bros Ltd., Merton, London, UK. 1939
This is a pre-World War 2 version of one of the middle sized of the W/X/Y/Z range of forts. They only made it for one year before the war broke out. In fact it was designed in late 1938
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Mar 08
2010
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Made by Starlux in France c:1960. Bought at auction in Marboz, France, 13 January 2001.
Starlux used a technology similar to Tri-ang and, like Tri-ang, were slow to adopt the new plastic technology. Even now little is changed and plastic is
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Mar 01
2010
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Made by Moritz Gottschalk of Marienberg, Saxony, Germany. c:1920.
Moritz Gottschalk and his successors (who were all members of his family) were probably the world's leading manufacturer of toy forts at this time, and had been for more than forty-five years.
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Feb 22
2010
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Made by O & M Hausser, Ludwigsberg, Germany, 1928/29
This is one of their series of realistically modelled small scale medieval hilltop forts. They are reminiscent of film sets for historical romances - "When knights were bold....." etc. It is the smallest scale
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Feb 15
2010
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Made by Chad Valley, Birmingham, UK c:1946-1950
In 1928 Burnett Ltd introduced the UBILDA series of models. When the war came they could not continue and they were bought up by Metal Box.
After the war the patterns and the copyright were bought by
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Feb 08
2010
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Made by Binbak Models in Bradford, UK c:1950.
Binbak Models, later Binns Baker & Co, operated in the north of England from 1946 to 1991. They specialised in a range of robust medium sized one-piece wooden buildings of various types (dolls houses, garages,
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Feb 02
2010
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VEB Holzspielwaren large castle
Made by VEB Holzspielfabriek in Marienberg, Germany - c:1955.
When the Second World War came to an end, and Germany was split up into three zones, the old factory of Moritz Gottschalk fell in the eastern zone controlled by Russia, and known as East
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Jan 21
2010
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Benbros Toys were produced from 1951-1965. Started by Nathan and Jack Benninson
Their toy knight output was limited to just a single figure of a knight in full Armour standing to attention with a spear. cherilea also issue this figure.
Their 1953 Benbros Robin Hood series makes up for
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